Omaha daily bee., 1887-02-27
ASTRlDE WHIRLlNG WHEELS.
The Bicycle Tournament at the Exposition
Building Last Night.
DISTRICT COURT MATTERS.
The County Poor Farm-An Officer
Assau1ted-Onicer White Bound
over - Strange Visitors
other Local News.
The Bicycle Tourn ament.


The bicycle race at the Exposition
building last evening was an excellent
entertainment, Notwithstanding the fact
that several of the professionals who
were advertised to take a leading part in
the race failed to appear This was
owing 10 an untimely Interference of
the elements fact that Mr. Prince, who
prepared the programme, greatly
regrets. Soon after the fifteen hundred
people who witnessed the tournament
had congregated, Mr.. Prince read the
following telegram in explanation of the
absence of the riders in question:
WoRTHINGToN, Mimi, Feb. 90.
JOHN =. PRINCE, Omaha-Dingley, Spears,
Smith, Carlisle and myself are snOwbound
here and have been since Thursday night,
Will arrive in Omaha Sunday morning,
ready for the six days, race. f. w Eek.
Mr.. Prince stated how deeply he re-
GREETED the unavoidable delay, and prom
ised to do his best to present pro-
gramme that would be an acceptable
substitute. And he succeeded admirably.
The first race called was for colored
men, II two milo dash. Three starters
were advertised, but two of them,
through sickness, failed to appear. John
Ricet0n, who has been riding but a couple
of weeks, appeared ready for the race
and was matched against new be-
gnner. familarly known ms Texas
Jack" who, blacked as a negro, prac-
tised a neat deception upon the audience
and upon his sable hued opponent as
well. The race was pretty one and was
won by Riceton in minutes and 32 sec.
onds, emitting him to n medal.
Following this came an amateur handi-
cap race for ten miles. Mittauer and
Peabody started from the scratch, Civ.
ing Deal Wertz, the champion boy
rider Il start of half-mile. Peabody cut
out the pace for the first mile, traled by
Mittauer and the kid" Then Mittauer
took the lead and set pace that dropped
Wertz "A lap behind at the end of the sec.
ond mile. The rival amateurs had
give and take contest until the end of the
sixth mile, when they had gained three
of the five laps advantage. The iirst nc.
cident of the evening occurred at this
point An outsider who was standing
near the dressing room attempted to
cross the track after Peabody and Nit.
tauer had passed and caused 4 collision
with WertZ, who was thrown from his
wheel, but fortunately escaped any scri.
GUS injury. This narrowed the race to
the two crack amateurs, who are earnest
but friendly rivals, and Il lively pace
they made of it. Peabody was IN the
lead the last mile and started on the fin.
Ishing lap with Mlttauer on his little
wheel. AT the fatal corner near the
annex door Peabody took header and
both riders were in heap. Instantly
both were on their feet and making for
their wheels. I'm mounting Peabodys
foot rest slipped, making u
pedal mount necessary. Mittauer
improved his chance advantage
minutes and 22 seconds, an excellent
record Notwithstanding the accident.
The next event, and the one that
created great excitement, was the twenty
mile race between Ed Bullock and Charles
Ashinger, both of whom claim the
championship of Nebraska. The race
was to decide the claim and for Il purse
OF the men appeared in excellent shape
and showed from the first that the race
would be an excellent one. Ashinger,
who was ut 4 slight disadvantage in not
being acquainted with the track, set the
pace for the first two miles when Bull
lock took the lead and gave the Colorado
champion pace that loosened the boards
in the track to keep. The men led in
turn and aroused the widest enthusiasm
OF the audience the greater part Of which
was on their feet during greater part of
the race. When the pistol was fired tor
the last mile Bullock shot ahead and
opened gap that was closed up by
Ashinger on the sixth lap. The Colorado
champion was directly on the wheel of
Bullock in the eighth lap W hen he struck
the fatal corner and took Il header, leav-
ing Bullock to run the last two laps alone,
winning the race in hour 5 minutes and
43 seconds.
During one Of the lntermissions, Mas.
ter James Murphy entertained the aud
lence with an exhibition of trick riding
that was received with great applause.
boys race for five laps, between Mas
ters James Murphy and John Tulley,
with Tulley half lap the start, was won
by Murphy in minute and SO seconds
The closing feature of the excellent
programme was 2-mile race against
time by John Prince. The best indoor
record is minutes, seconds. Bullock
acted as pacemaker for Prince, who set
out terrific pace that kept the track
cracking On the second mile of the
spurt another accident happened. Bull
lock had slackened his speed While Prince
was gaining lap, on n spurt, when an
outsider attempted To cross the track with
the usual result, Bullock withdrew from
the race, leaving Prince TO finish alone.
lie did this in minutes and SO seconds,
beating the best indoor record by sec
onds. The announcement was greeted
by the widest applause. The entertain
ment on the whole was one of the finest
ever given in the city,tne large audience,
that included some of the best people OF
the city, attesting the increased interest
In this sport of sports. Mr., William Pot
ter acted as master of ceremonies and
succeeded in making all announcements
heard distlnctly-a fact that was appre.
ciated us being unusual,
The Six Days Race.
Tomorrow evening commences the
six days race, four hours a day, for the
twenty-four hour championship of
America. The men who will start in
this race are; John s. Prince, champion
OF America; T, W. Eek, champion of
Canada; Tom Hardwick, champion OF